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Patent GB-190422928-A (GB)
Title: Device for Teaching Penmanship.
Inventor: YOUNG FRANK CHARLES
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 22,928. Young, F. C. Oct. 25. Writing, teaching.-Relates to a device for holding the fingers and pen in the correct position for writing. Fig. 1 shows the device separately and Fig. 4 shows it in position on the hand. A piece of wire or other material is bent into a loop A and twisted into the rest B-C. From C, one end is continued to form the ring D, the slide E, and the loop F, ending at G, this end being supported on the rest B-C. A wire ring H, attached to the slide E by the ring I, is able to slide round the ring D, and to be removed when desired. From C, the other end of the wire is bent into the shapes J, K, L, M, N, 0, this end meeting the rest B-C at P, round which it is turned twice and then continued to form the recess R. The thumb is inserted through the loop A and rests on the support F, while the first finger is placed through the loop 0, the middle finger over the loop M and through the ring D, the third finger under the loops M, J, and the little finger over the loops L, K. The pen is held by the ring H and the spring recess R, the ring H being adjusted to suit the fingers, and is clutched by the fingers in the usual way. A simpler contrivance may be used, in which the pen-holding device is absent, the loops L, M, N, O being also omitted.
Patent GB-190428448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes.
Inventor: PRYCE-JONES ROSINA IDA
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1906-01-27
Abstract: 28,448. Jones, R. I. Pryce-. Dec. 27. Box lids and covers.-The lid of a cardboard box intended for postal transit is furnished with hinged side and end flaps b<1>, b<2>, Fig. 2, so as to be reversible. The end flaps b<2> are provided with holes c through which the string used in tying up the box is passed. The hinging of the flaps may be effected by means of linen strips, or by creasing and scoring. It is stated that the body of the box, or both the lid and body, may be constructed in this reversible manner.
Patent GB-190500841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inflating Apparatus for Pneumatic Tyres on Bicycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: WITHERS ALBERT ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 841. Withers, A. A. Jan. 16. Check valves.-Relates to an inflating-valve for the tyres of bicycles &c., which is intended for use with an inflator of the form shown in Fig. 1, having secured to its bottom cover a<1> an inclined tube d terminating in a tapered nozzle provided with a flared bead f. The inflating-valve comprises a screwed tube g which is secured to the rim by one or more lock-nuts h, and is provided with a ball valve i backed by a spring held in position by a metal strip j<2> fastening in a slit at the bottom of the tube. The tube is provided with a taper nozzle-receiving rubber socket l normally fitted with a closing plug o, leakage being prevented by screwing down a gland n upon an interposed washer m to compress the rubber. A cap r is provided.
Patent GB-190505057-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Street Watering and Sweeping and Refuse Collecting Vehicle.
Inventor: VERSCHUREN AUGUSTE
Filed: 1905-03-10
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 5057. Verschuren, A. March 10. Sweeping-machines ; elevating sweepings into carts ; watering-carts.-The front of the machine carries a water tank 4, which delivers from a sprinkler 15 through a valve 8, this being controlled by a handle 12, notched to engage a pin so as to give three intensities of delivery. Two oblique brushes 16 are driven from the back wheels by chain and bevel gearing, and may be raised in guide-slots 19, which are curved concentrically with the shaft 44. The raising is effected by rotation of the handle 24 of a vertical shaft, the lower end of which is screwed right and left handedly. The lower thread raises the outer gudgeon blocks 18 in the curved slots, while the upper thread depresses a rocking lever from the inner end of which the inner gudgeons of the brushes are suspended. The sweepings are finally raised by a central rear brush 16<1> over an incline 60 to a vertical wheel-conveyer 72, which discharges them down a shoot 76 into a receptacle. The receptacle is pivoted to the vehiele at 52 for unloading. The rear brush is carried by arms 32, 33, which are mounted so as to oscillate about the rear axle 2. The pinion 48 is thus always in gear with the driving-wheel 47. The brush is raised by chains and straps 36, which are wound on drums 37 on a cross-shaft 38, this shaft being actuated by linkages terminating in the handle 41. The pivoted incline 60 is linked to the axle 49 so that it always rises and falls with the brush. The brushes 16<1> are thrown in and out of gear by means of clutches, which are driven by the running wheels and are actuated by levers 66. These levers are attached to another lever 69, which is mounted on a vertical shaft terminating in a handle 74 adapted to be locked in the free or driving positions by a pin which engages a perforated plate 75. The conveyer 72 is driven by worm and pinion gearing from the wheel 47, and has curved fixed buckets 54, Fig. 1, and movable buckets 55, which are pivoted at 56. By means of a fixed cam-plate 78 and pins 77 on the movable buckets, the latter receive an oscillatory motion so that they scrape out the contents of the fixed buckets and discharge them into the receiver 51.
Patent GB-190506186-A (GB)
Title: Gripper for Printing Press.
Inventor: GINTY BERNARD MC
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 6186. McGinty, B. April 11, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Platen presses. - Grippers for platen presses comprise arms B, carried by the usual shaft D', and formed with notches a<1> on the inner edge for securing the fingers C in adjusted positions. Each finger C is formed with a loop or housing b, for embracing the arm B, and formed with projections d for engaging in the notches a<1>. Several fingers C may be provided having slightly different positions, vertically, on their housings b, so that a finger C may be placed in any required position to engage between the lines of a forme. For formes with vertical lines, a finger D, Figs. 4 and 5, is provided having a loop b<1> clasping the finger C', the latter being in this case made stronger and formed with a rib e, engaged by a recess in the loop b<1> for preventing the finger D from swinging laterally. Fig. 1 shows the gripper in position on the platen A of the press.
Patent GB-190506834-A (GB)
Title: An Insulation-cutting Contact Clip for Electric Cables.
Inventor: READER THOMAS BERTRAM
Filed: 1905-03-31
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 6834. Reader, T. B. March 31. Couplings. - An insulation-cutting contact-clip for tapping an electric cable without breaking the circuit consists of one or more rotating slotted disk cutters arranged in conjunction with a cable claw to screw upon, cut away the insulation of, and establish contact with the conductor. The claw K, Figs. 2 and 4, is arranged around the cable C, and a contacting insulation cutter D, consisting of a radially-slotted metallic disk undercut so as to form cutting-edges, is fixed upon a screwed stem E. An insulated spanner &c. is employed to rotate the stem E and gradually screw the disk D hard up upon the cable core, where the cutting- edges cut away the insulation, which passes through the slots in the disk, and finally to clamp closely the clean metal of the cable. A second contacting- disk D', Fig. 4, may be arranged to rotate with the stem and be capable of axial movement upon it by means of a slot and feather or by a square W on the stem. In this case double the contact surface is obtained. The clip may be covered by insulating- material, and small lips or flanges F, Fig. 4, may be formed upon the claw K to retain sheets of insulating-material. A clip or clips R, Figs. 5 and 6, may be used to grip the cable and prevent movement of the contact-clip. A set-screw H, Figs. 2 and 4, serves to attach connexions or fuses to the clip.
Patent GB-190510193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Paper Distributing Devices.
Inventor: ALCOCK WALTER JAMES
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 10,193. Alcock, W. J., [Wheeler, S.]. May 15. Contents, withdrawing. - Relates to holders for toilet, telegram, and like forms each having two, four, or other even number of folds. The sheets are interfolded so that by withdrawal of one sheet the end of the next sheet is exposed. Fig. 2 shows one form of the holder. The front box-portion 4 is hinged at 7 at an extension 3 of the back 1, and a lock 6 fastens it in position after filling. A weight 14, mounted on an arm 13, pivoted at 10 to one side of the box, presses the paper down, and a pointer 11, fixed to the pin 10, traverses a slightly depressed scale 12, thus indicating the height of the pile of papers. As one paper is withdrawn from the opening 8, a fresh paper is brought into position. The discharge opening 8 may be at the front lower edge of the box. Other forms are shown which are adapted for insertion in a recess in the wall. In these, the papers are introduced from the front, the cover being removable or hinged, and they may be placed with their folded surfaces either horizontal or vertical. In the latter case, the opening for the withdrawal of the papers is in the front or cover. Fig. 8 shows a holder having a removable plate 15 and a hinged door 19 through which the papers may be introduced.
Patent GB-190513854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ventilating Valves, or other similar Apparatus.
Inventor: LAWDER ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-05
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 13,854. Lawder, A. W., [trading as Barker & Co., F. W.], and Ridley, M. N. July 5. Ventilators; louvered apparatus; gratings. - The flaps g of a chimneyb r e a s t ventilator are hinged to a diaphragm j, which is held in the box casting a by the grating d, which is secured by bolts. Lugs h are cast on the diaphragm so as to hold a louver plate f against stops e. Lips b prevent reverse currents from . lifting the valves, as described in Specification No. 21,019, A.D. 1904. In inlet ventilators, a louver plate, such as is described in Specification No. 2636, A.D. 1905, is put in the place of the grating d.
Patent GB-190514122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gloves.
Inventor: BLOC ALPHONSE
Filed: 1905-07-08
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 14,122. Bloc, A., and Bloc, A. July 8. Gloves are provided at the back of the wrist with a pocket to hold a watch or other small article. The pocket or pouch b, shown in dotted lines, is open at c and is hinged about the same edge to the glove so that it may be turned over and secured by a snap e. The pocket may have an aperture f to show the dial of a watch, and an eyelet p to accommodate a watch ring. The pocket may be placed nearer the fingers or may be made to fold transversely instead of longitudinally.
Patent GB-190521799-A (GB)
Title: Means for Steadying Chaff Cutters when in Operation
Inventor: MAYNARD ROBERT
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 21,799. Maynard, R. Oct. 26. Sifting chaff.-Relates to means for steadying chaff-cutting machines provided with a sieve, when in operation. In Fig. 1, a represents the usual sieve driven by a crank c and rod e from the shaft d. A counterpoise b, sliding in guides f, is driven by a rod g from a crank h placed on the shaft d opposite to the crank c. In a modification, the counterpoise b is suspended from the frame of the machine, and is driven by eccentric gearing from the sieve shaft in a direction opposite to that of the sieve.
Patent GB-190522440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combined Boilers and Superheaters.
Inventor: SNEDDON JAMES PRENTICE
Filed: 1905-11-02
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 22,440. Sneddon, J. P. Nov. 16, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Water-tube boilers; superheaters, steam.-Relates to combined boilers and superheaters arranged within the same setting or casing as shown in Specifications No. 26,895, A.D. 1903, and No. 19,476, A.D. 1904. According to the present invention, the superheater occupies the whole of the last passage of the furnace gases. Fig. 1 shows the boiler composed of two upper drums 2, 3 connected by tubes 5, 6 with a lower drum 4 directly behind the grate. Baffles 9, 10 deflect the gases. The superheater is shown as consisting of upper and lower drums 11, 12 connected by tubes 13 and having a baffle 14, which deflects the gases upwards to the outlet 15. The drums 11, 12 may be fitted with transverse partitions, dividing the tubes into groups through which the steam passes in succession. Connexions 21 are provided for flooding the superheater. The boiler may have one upper and one or two lower drums, or two upper and two lower drums. The arrangement of the baffles may be varied.
Patent GB-190522976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Prevention of Side Slip or Skidding of Road Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: MCMAHON PETER VALENTINE
Filed: 1905-11-09
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 22,976. McMahon, P. V. Nov. 9. Slipping, preventing.-An endless chain or other flexible band a is attached by short chains or other flexible connexions c to the spokes or to the rim e of the wheel, so that, as the wheel revolves, it forms a circular band rotating at the side of the tyre in contact with the ground, the tyre mounting on to the band or chain when skidding takes place. The connexions c are preferably fastened by spring hooks h to eye-bolts i on the rim, and can be readily detached. Such chains may be attached at one or both sides of a wheel, or at the inside or at the outside of each of a pair of wheels.
Patent GB-190525170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Self-propelled Vehicles.
Filed: 1905-12-04
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 25,170. KriÚger, L., and Compagnie Parisienne des Voitures Electriques (ProcÚdÚs KriÚger). Dec. 10, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to vehicles propelled by electromotors geared to the driven axle, and consists in fixing one of the supports, to which the motor is attached, upon a sleeve eccentrically mounted on the axle, in such a manner as to permit of altering the distance of the axis of the driving-pinion from the axle, thus permitting the employment of pinions of different diameters. The motor 1, which drives the toothed wheel 2 fast with the road wheel 3, is carried by two supports, one of which encircles a sleeve 5, which is mounted eccentrically on the axle 6. By alteriog the angular position of the sleeve 5, the toothed wheel 2 may be driven by pinions of different sizes. The position of the sleeve may be fixed by a bolt 9.
Patent GB-190601217-A (GB)
Title: Improved Disinfecting Apparatus
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1906-01-16
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 1217. Thompson, W. P., [B³cken, J. van de, Keller, J., and Beckers, J.]. Jan. 16. Disinfecting. -Powdered disinfectant is distributed by means of an air blast. Reference is made to Specifications No. 14,094, A.D. 1887, [Abridgment Class Boxes &c.], No. 3669, A.D. 1892, No. 5563, A.D. 1893, and No. 19,043, A.D. 1902. The apparatus consists of a vessel a, for containing the powder, an air-pump f, and a distributing-pipe which is secured to the screw c. For use with upholstery &c., a perforated distributor d, Fig. 2, in the form of a spike, is used. An open-ended tube is used for open spaces, and a distributor with a shovel-formed orifice for introducing the disinfectant powder through cracks or slots.
Patent GB-190602465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Apparatus.
Inventor: HERMITE EUGENE
Filed: 1906-01-31
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 2465. Hermite, E. Jan. 31. Cells; electrodes. - In apparatus for the electrolysis of solutions, such as mixtures of sodium and magnesium chlorides, the electrodes are arranged in pairs in a single tank and are so spaced apart that ordinary high potentials can be used without the interposition of resistances or the use of a series of tanks. In the preferred form, the anode consists of platinum wire or of gauze attached to and spaced over the sides of a slab of slate, porcelain, or other insulator, for example by being threaded through holes as described in Specification No. 10,929, A.D. 1895. Two zinc plates c, Fig. 1, are clamped to the anode slab b by bolts c', which are preferably also of zinc ; these plates form the cathode and are cast so as to provide shoulders c<2> by which the electrodes are supported in the tank. The tank e, Fig. 5, is divided by a partition f into longitudinal compartments g ; inlet and outlet pipes h, h<1>, and openings i in the partitions are arranged so that the electrolyte traverses the whole of the compartments lengthways. The electrodes are dropped into position, being supported by the shoulders c<2>, and are so spaced apart that when connected in series, there is comparatively little leakage of current from anode to anode or cathode to cathode of successive pairs.
Patent GB-190607698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Ironing Machines, Hand-irons, and other similar Laundry Appliances.
Inventor: COOK EDWARD SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 7698. Cook, E. S., and Chipperfield, W. H. March 30. Ironing.-Internally-heated hand-irons, ironing- rollers, and the like are fitted with a layer of aluminium or aluminium-alloy between the gas jets and the working face. Fig. 2 shows the application to a hand-iron, in which the aluminium plate 6, which may be provided with a corrugated projecting upper portion 7, forms the bottom of the burner chamber, and is secured to the sole 1. The aluminium plate may be provided with a thin copper or other covering-plate.
Patent GB-190613053-A (GB)
Title: Pattern Resetting Mechanism for Looms.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 13,053. Heide, H. C., [Fish, C. H.]. June 5. Loom dobbies; change-box motions; jacquards ; stop-motions.- Relates to means for automatically re-setting the pattern mechanism on the stopping of the loom consequent upon failure or breakage of the filling. The usual feeler 6, slide 4, hook 7, and camoperated lever 8 are duplicated at the other side of the loom. The slide 4 and its duplicate 16 operate, through an arm 12, a rock-shaft 13, which is also provided with a tripping-member 14 to act upon the usual lever 3 to release the shipper lever. When the rock-shaft 13 is operated, an arm 44 thereon is rocked, and, by special mechanism, raises a lever 41 provided with a latch 42, the latter normally engaging with a hook portion 43 of a pivoted member 37 provided with a tail 47. The released member 37 is rocked by a spring 50, and, the tail 47 being engaged by a projection 48 on the lay, the member 37 is rocked farther, the projection entering a slot 49 in the member 37. A cam 39 on the member 37 then raises a lever 36, and by means of lever and pawl-andratchet mechanism, turns the shaft 21 carrying the pattern mechanism, thus re setting the latter to correct for lost picks. The shaft 21 is driven by worm gearing through a spring clutch, which admits of motion of the shaft 21 in the reverse direction. The cams 11, 20 which operate the lever 8 and its duplicate 19 are arranged to give the levers a dwell in their forward positions, one of the levers being always situated in its forward position, thus preventing possible return of the slides 4, 16 while the weft is absent. The cams being set opposite to each other, the latch 41 is prevented from being raised or partly raised a second time in response to a second movement of the slide that has been operated first, the second slide being pushed back before the lever 44 drops far enough to restore the latch to its normal position. In order to restore the latch to its normal position without a corresponding movement of the lever 44, the latter is adapted to act on a weighted lever 45 on the latch 41. At first, the arm 44 acts near the pivot of the lever 45 so that the latch is first raised. The axes of movement of the arm 44 and latch 41 diverge, however, so that the end of the arm 44 slides away from the pivot of the lever 45 and the latter is raised. The latch can then drop into position ready for engagement by the member 37. The weighted lever is provided with a tail or projection 46, which is hit by the lever 44 when the latter returns to its normal position, so that the weighted lever is moved into its normal position. The projection 48 normally just catches the tail 47, and slightly rocks the member 37 when the lay is beating up, and it is at this point that the latch is lifted, if the filling is absent, by the lever 44, strain on the latter being thus minimized.
Patent GB-190617455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: JARVIS JOSEPH CHARLES
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 17,455. Jarvis, J. C. Aug. 2. Disk-engine type; valves and valvegear.-Relates to that type of engine in which a skew disk rotating in an annular chamber engages slots in axially-sliding abutments. A sectional elevation and plan of the engine are shown in Figs. 2 and 3, respectively. A skew piston disk c is secured to a drum b mounted upon a shaft a. The annular chamber is divided into two portions by sliding abutments e, each of which contains a suitably packed slot to accommodate the disk c. The disk touches the sides of the casing at two points, and, in conjunction with the abutments e, divides the annular chamber into four variable-capacity working chambers. The abutments work in closed chambers f connected together by pipes g, whereby cushioning and vacuum effects caused by the reciprocation of the abutments are avoided. In order to relieve the piston disk of the work of sliding the abutments, the latter are actuated by outside means, as shown in Fig. 3. The abutments carry rods m jointed to sliding blocks carried by a lever k which rocks about a fixed part of the casing, preferably a sleeve l mounted loosely on the engine shaft. The lever k is rocked a by bell-crank lever j actuated by a link i and eccentric h. Four double piston valves n, Fig. 5, are arranged parallel to the engine shaft, and slide in ported open-ended liners o, Figs. 2 and 5, arranged in the casing. Each valve carries a piston-rod to which is attached a link q, Fig. 5, the inner end of which is connected to a bell-crank lever r. Diametricallyopposite bell-crank levers r are connected by a rod s, reciprocated by an eccentric on the engine shaft through links t. The diametrically-opposite valves are thus simultaneously reciprocated in opposite directions. The whole of the valve-gear operating two of the calves is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the remaining two valves being actuated in a like manner by a similar gear on the opposite side of the engine. The inlet ports u and exhaust ports v are formed in the sides of the casing adjacent to the abutments. Steam is supplied to the engine through a pipe w, Fig. 2, and passes through conduits x formed in the side of the casing, transverse passages y, passages z, chambers a<1>, vertical ports b<1>, to the opposite ends of the valve chambers. Ports c<1>, Fig. 5, are formed in the liner o, and are connected to the ports u by chambers d' and suitable passages. Steam is thus alternately admitted on opposite sides of the piston disk, these admissions being timed to occur immediately after those parts of the disk adjacent to the sides of the casing pass the ports u. The exhaust valves and ports are similar to the inlet valves and ports. The inlet valves are of such a length that the steam is at no time entirely cut off from the engine. Spring- pressed blocks d<1>, Fig. 3, keep the abutments pressed against the piston drum.